BVPL0521 Preventive Medicine I

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jindřich Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Drahoslava Hrubá, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Danuše Lefnerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Šimůnek, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jiří Totušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Drahoslava Hrubá, CSc.
Department of Preventive Medicine – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: MVDr. Halina Matějová
Timetable
Wed 13:00–14:40 B11/234
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BKFY0222p Physiology II-lec. && BVPF0422p Pathophysiol II - lect
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of course student will understand the relationship between human and environment and occupational conditions, characterized by physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions. Student will understand the role of adaptation and its active supportfor the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health;
Student will be able to identify the basic mechanisms of action of the main factors from environmental and occulational surrounding and their influences on human health: noise, radiation, microclimate, light, biological rythmicity. Student will be able to make deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the fields of clean and safe air, water, waste destruction, occupational and home environment. Student will be able to undderstand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.
Syllabus
  • MAN AND ENVIRONMENT: physical, biological, chemical and social factors in macro - and microenvironment. Their interactions. Way of adaptation and compensation keeping the homeostasis. Terms "health" and "disease", their determinants. Primary and secundary prevention, their role in the public health.
  • NOISE: sources, effects (specific on hearing, non-specific, as a stress factor). Creation of the hygienic safe limits. Control. LIGHT and ILLUMINATION: the physiology of sight, optimal working conditions. The role of colours.
  • RADIATION: the different types and their sources; the health consequences of the exposure; basic prevention.
  • MICROCLIMATE: as a complex of both external and internal conditions. The ways of thermoregulation. Workplaces with extrame thermal conditions - long-term and short-term load. Principles of the drinking scheme.
  • BIOLOGIC RHYTHM: circadian and other rhythms. Shift work as a risk for health. Active and passive rest. The hygiene of sleeping.
  • AIR AND HEALTH: The most common contaminants of the outdoor air. Smog. The health consequences of the exposure.
  • HOUSING AND HEALTH: The most common contaminants of indoor air, the health cosequences of the exposure. Ventilation: types and sense.
  • WATER AND HEALTH: The hygienic limits (chemical, microbiological) for drinking water (with specific characteristics for bottle-fed babies). Trace elements in the water. Diseases caused by contaminated water. The principles for hygienic safety of water sources.
  • WASTE AND HEALTH: the sources of biological, chemical and ionizing waste products, the principles for the safe destruction.
  • NUTRITION: as a protective and risk factor for human health. Dietary guidelines. Preventive programmes for health nutritional habits.
  • CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENT: man-made and natural chemicals and their impact on human health
Literature
  • Provazník K. et al: Manuál prevence v lékařské praxi. 3. LF UK Praha, SZÚ Praha, 2003, 2004
  • Kotulán J et al: Preventivní lékařství I, II. Lékařská fakulta MU, 1990, 1991
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Continual written tests, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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